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disagreeable. Whoever does not mind this, had 

 better let his hounds find their own game ; they 

 will certainly hunt it with more spirit after- 

 wards, and he will have a pleasure himself in 

 expectation, which no certainty can ever give. 

 Hare-finders make hounds idle; they also make 

 them wild. Mine knew the men as well as I 

 did myself; could see them almost as far; and 

 would run full cry to meet them. Hare-finders 

 are of one great use : they hinder your hounds 

 from chopping hares, which they otherwise 

 could not fail to do. I had in my pack one 

 hound in particular that was famous for it ; he 

 would challenge on a trail very late at noon, 

 and had as good a knack at chopping a hare 

 afterwards ; he was one that liked to go the 

 shortest way to work, nor did he choose to take 

 more trouble than was necessary. Is it not 

 wonderful that the trail of a hare should lie 

 after so many hours, when the scent of her dies 

 away so soon .'' 



Hares are said (I know not with what truth) 

 to foresee a change of weather, and to seat 

 themselves accordingly. This is however cer- 

 tain, that they are seldom found in places much 

 exposed to the wind. In inclosures, I think, 

 they more frequently are found near to a hedge 



